Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XIV 21 Sep 2017
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Asia Minor, uncertain mint AR Stater. Circa 4th century BC. Ram standing left on uncertain base / Quadripartite incuse square of mill-sail pattern. Unpublished in the standard references. 11.07g, 19mm.
Very Fine. Apparently unique and unpublished.
The silver weight standard of about 11 grams is that of a Persian double siglos (= stater), employed by many mints throughout Asia Minor, especially in Cilicia. The inspiration for the obverse and mill-sale reverse types could have been the 4th century staters of Kalchedon (which depicts a bull standing on a base of grain - cf. SNG BMC Black Sea 94 and Waddington p. 292, 14), but whether intentionally or not, the type is more directly similar to a type struck at Kyzikos (Von Fritze 91).
Very Fine. Apparently unique and unpublished.
The silver weight standard of about 11 grams is that of a Persian double siglos (= stater), employed by many mints throughout Asia Minor, especially in Cilicia. The inspiration for the obverse and mill-sale reverse types could have been the 4th century staters of Kalchedon (which depicts a bull standing on a base of grain - cf. SNG BMC Black Sea 94 and Waddington p. 292, 14), but whether intentionally or not, the type is more directly similar to a type struck at Kyzikos (Von Fritze 91).